Home Family History Family Tree Photo Album Reminiscing Reunion Info Family News Address Book From Our Kitchen		History of The Ark, now the Pilgrim's Inn from TravelPressKits.com In 1793, Ignatius Haskell, a successful businessman who helped frame Maine's constitution, built one of the most impressive homes on Deer Isle. Haskell chose a site between his saw mill pond and the Northwest Harbor for the massive colonial salt box style home. Five generations of Haskell children were born and raised on the original homestead. By 1870 steamships linked Deer Isle to the mainland and they served in the economy of the island in many ways. The ships brought goods to the canneries, merchandise to the merchants, and visitors to the three hotels on the island. A colorful segment of history was when William Haskell, a seaman, was lost off the coast of Cape Hatteras in 1915. His wife, Elizabeth, converted their huge clapboard home into a year round boarding house, by then known as "The Ark." For the next thirty years, Elizabeth and the boarding house offered shelter to local working people and summer visitors. In 1938, the bridge to the mainland was completed, and this changed the balance of trade for Deer Island. The granite quarrying nearly ceased and the population decreased. After Elizabeth died in 1944, The Ark was left unoccupied and fell into a state of disrepair. In 1975, the building was purchased by George and Ellie Pavloff, and what then became Pilgrim's Inn entered a new stage of history. George, a former priest, and Ellie, a potter, were successful in placing the Pilgrim's Inn on the National Register of Historic Places.
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